Mao Xian

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1. [1] Name, dates, and identity Mao Xian is identified as a Ming figure who lived from 1469 to 1535 and held several jishizhong offices; his study of xingli learning supports the description of him as a scholar.
   • CBDBMao Xian (126976)The record gives Mao Xian's name, birth and death years, Ming affiliation, and three offices as a jishizhong.
   • Souyun毛憲 (50673)The biographical entry gives his dates and Ming identity, lists his offices, and describes his study of xingli learning.
   • WikidataMao Xian (Q45607297)The entity label, English description, and date claims identify Mao Xian as a Ming-dynasty person born in 1469 and deceased in 1535.
2. [2] Courtesy name, sobriquet, and native place Mao Xian's courtesy name was Shizhi, his sobriquet was Gu'an, and both his basic and household addresses were in Wujin; the biographical entry locates Wujin in Changzhou Prefecture.
   • CBDBMao Xian (126976)The record gives the courtesy name Shizhi, the sobriquet Guan, and Wujin as both basic native place and household address.
   • Souyun毛憲 (50673)The biographical entry gives Shizhi and Gu'an and places him in Wujin of Changzhou Prefecture.
   • WikidataMao Xian (Q45607297)The entity's alias and name claims confirm Shizhi and Gu'an, including the form Gu'an xiansheng.
3. [3] Family The family entries identify Mao Zhi as great-grandfather, Mao Wenming as grandfather, Mao Ji as father, Lady Bian as mother, Mao Bao as elder brother, and Lady Lu as wife.
   • CBDBMao Xian (126976)The family entries specify the relationships and names of Mao Xian's great-grandfather, grandfather, parents, elder brother, and wife.
4. [4] Household status and provincial examination Mao Xian was of minji household registration, was a shengyuan, and placed twelfth in the Yingtian Prefecture provincial examination; the examination entries also list shengyuan and xianggong juren statuses with the twelfth-place value.
   • Souyun毛憲 (50673)The biographical entry explicitly gives his minji status and twelfth place in the Yingtian Prefecture provincial examination.
   • CBDBMao Xian (126976)The examination and school entries list xianggong juren and shengyuan statuses and give the twelfth-place value.
5. [5] Jinshi examination result In 1511, the sixth year of Zhengde, Mao Xian ranked twenty-fourth in the Xinwei metropolitan examination and received the jinshi degree in the second class, forty-second place.
   • Souyun毛憲 (50673)The biographical entry gives the Zhengde sixth year, 1511, Xinwei cohort, twenty-fourth metropolitan-examination place, and second-class forty-second jinshi place.
   • CBDBMao Xian (126976)The examination entry gives the jinshi and second-class forty-second-place details, while the associated rank and summary preserve the twenty-fourth and Xinwei information.
6. [6] Official career Mao Xian's dated career sequence runs from the Office of Criminal Affairs to the Office of Military Affairs and then the Office of Rites, with an intervening period of illness.
   • Souyun毛憲 (50673)The biographical entry gives the month-by-month sequence of appointment, illness, return to office, and promotion, while the profile lists the Rites and Criminal Affairs offices.
   • CBDBMao Xian (126976)The office entries list the Criminal Affairs, Military Affairs, and Rites jishizhong posts.
7. [7] Memorials and the Zhengde emperor's journey As a jishizhong, Mao Xian impeached several ministers for abusing power for private gain, after which the court was said to be orderly inside and out; during the Zhengde emperor's western journey, he urged a return to the capital without receiving a reply.
   • Souyun毛憲 (50673)The biographical entry describes his memorials impeaching ministers who used power for private gain and says that the court was orderly inside and out.
   • CBDBMao Xian (126976)The summary adds that during the Zhengde emperor's western journey he urged a return to the capital and received no response; some characters in the summary are lost.
8. [8] Date of withdrawal The biographical accounts place Mao Xian's withdrawal differently: one follows the Zhengde twelfth-year promotion, while another places it at the beginning of the Jiajing era; the summary confirms the withdrawal without specifying a year.
   • Souyun毛憲 (50673)Two biographical passages differ on the timing of the withdrawal, placing it respectively after the Zhengde twelfth-year promotion and at the beginning of Jiajing.
   • CBDBMao Xian (126976)The summary confirms that he withdrew because of illness but does not give a year corresponding to either dated formulation.
9. [9] Death Mao Xian died in 1535, the fourteenth year of Jiajing, at the age of sixty-seven.
   • Souyun毛憲 (50673)The biographical entry states that he died in the fourteenth year of Jiajing (1535) at age sixty-seven, and the profile gives 1535 as the death year.
   • CBDBMao Xian (126976)The basic record gives 1535 as his death year.
10. [10] Descendants The family entries identify Mao Nianshi as a great-grandson born in 1594 and deceased in 1677, and Mao Xiegong as a great-great-grandson.
    • CBDBMao Xian (126976)The family entries give Mao Nianshi's great-grandson relationship and 1594–1677 dates, and identify Mao Xiegong as a great-great-grandson.
11. [11] Xingli learning and Daonan Academy After returning home, Mao studied xingli learning with like-minded scholars, compared the teachings of the Lian, Luo, Guan, and Min traditions, and was appointed a teacher at Daonan Academy after its construction by Prefect Chen Shi.
    • Souyun毛憲 (50673)The biographical entry describes his study of xingli learning, comparison of the Lian-Luo-Guan-Min teachings, and appointment as teacher at the Daonan Academy built by Chen Shi.
12. [12] Writings The listed works include Biling Zhengxue bian, Gu'an wenji, Gu'an Mao xiansheng wenji in ten juan, Gu'an ji, Biling renpin ji in ten juan, and Sanjin zhai yulu in one juan; the collection titles preserve variant forms.
    • Souyun毛憲 (50673)The biographical entries list Biling Zhengxue bian, Gu'an wenji, and Gu'an ji.
    • CBDBMao Xian (126976)The writing entries designate him as author of Gu'an Mao xiansheng wenji in ten juan, Biling renpin ji in ten juan, and Sanjin zhai yulu in one juan; the summary also preserves the Gu'an collection and Biling renpin ji titles.
13. [13] Letters The correspondence entries list letters sent by Mao Xian to Wang Shouren, Lü Nan, Wang Hong, Ye Zhong, Wu Min, and Gao Feng.
    • CBDBMao Xian (126976)The relationship entries explicitly record letters to six people: Wang Shouren, Lü Nan, Wang Hong, Ye Zhong, Wu Min, and Gao Feng.
14. [14] Sacrificial, tomb, and farewell writings The relationship entries show that Mao Xian wrote a sacrificial text and tomb inscription for Zhan Ruoshui, a sacrificial text and biographical account for Xu Wen, and farewell pieces for both.
    • CBDBMao Xian (126976)The relationship entries list a sacrificial text and tomb inscription for Zhan Ruoshui, a sacrificial text and xingzhuang for Xu Wen, and farewell writings for both.